Out of My Mind: An Autobiography

Born in 1945 into a Hollywood family of "competition, achievement, and celebrity, " Kristin Nelson Tinker began to paint in her distinctive American primitive style when she was in her teens. Out of My Mind brings together more than 100 of her autobiographical paintings to tell in words and images the story of her life. 171 illustrations, 136 in color.

The daughter of a celebrity family who married Ozzie and Harriet Nelson's son Ricky, Tinker began to paint in the naive style after seeing an American primitive collection in her in-laws' home. Tinker paints from memory, for commissions, and also re-creates visions of family events from recollections supplied by her relatives. This autobiography in paintings presents more than 100 works created over 35 years, combined with entries from Tinker's journals, poems, quotes, and old family photos. The paintings offer a simplistic charm while capturing a moment in time, and the emotionally linked text recalls happiness, dreams, and despair. For libraries with comprehensive art collections that include studies of naive artists or those who paint in the folk style.?Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., N.J.
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